Shankara, 3.12: Here, some split up the phrase anaadimatparam as anaadi and matparam because, if the word anaadimat is taken as a bahuvriihi compound, then the suffix mat (matup) becomes redundant, which is undesirable.
Translator Svami Gambhiiraananda: That which has no (a) beginning (aadi). Matup is used to denote possession. Since the idea of possession is already implied in anaadi, therefore matup, if added after it, becomes redundant. The commentator (Shankara) accepts anaadimat as a nañ-tatpurus.a compound. If, however , the bahuvriihi is insisted on, then the mat after anaadi should be taken as completing the number of syllables needed for versification. So, mat need not be compounded with param. -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > > > Some prefer (the division of this text anaadimatparam into) the words > > anaadi and matparam. The meaning (of matparam then) is, mat to Me, > > param, the superior, (who am the qualified Brahman). However, it is > > wrong to explain (the phrase as), `That (brahman) of which I am the > > supreme power call Vaasudeva', because, the context being that of > > presenting the unconditioned Brahman, it is out of place to speak of the > > possession of power. > > > > I seem to recall Shankara thinks that the "redundant" suffix > 'mat' is there for metrical reasons only, "because" the main > metre of the Giitaa, anuSTup (anuSTubh) has 4 times 8 syllables: > > a-naa-di-ma-tpa-raM bra-hma (an-aa-di-mat-pa-raM brah-ma) >
